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How many African-Americans have won both the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes?
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∙ 13y ago
So far, only one, Toni Morrison -- but there have only been eight people in history to win both a Pulitzer Prize and a Nobel Prize in Literature.
1988: Pulitzer (Fiction): Beloved by Toni Morrison
1993: Nobel in Literature, Toni Morrison
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Both of them won Nobel Peace Prizes, had a college degree, and were leaders of the black community. both fight for what is right
